By: Zuk Avraham, Joshua Drake, Yaniv Karta, Jimmy Shah (To download the detailed report, click here) Recently, Verizon published a report that says that malware on mobile is not an issue. We strongly suggest Verizon and other enterprises not underestimate the scale of one percent. The sheer number of mobile […]
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Zimperium Raises $12M in Series B Funding Led by Telstra
We are excited to announce that Zimperium raised $12M in Series B Funding. This is a major milestone for Zimperium and is a testament to the quality of the Z-Team, the products we develop and the customers we have in place successfully using Zimperium’s Mobile Threat Defense. 2014 was a […]
Telegram App Store Secret-Chat Messages in Plain-Text Database
EDIT: The following post * was not on a rooted or jailbroken device *. In order to access the plain-text secret-chat database containing the messages, we used our implementation of CVE-2014-3153. The claims that the device is rooted / jailbroken are incorrect and misleading. I will start by quoting CryptoFail […]
Cutting through the Weekly Mobile Security Noise: The Kaspersky Lab Disclosure
This week we’ve been monitoring reactions to a report released on Monday by Kaspersky, the Moscow-based internet security company. The firm claims it has uncovered spying software inside the hard drives of several institutions across thirty different countries, making it “the most sophisticated attack the world has seen to date.” […]
Zimperium Takes on Mobile World Congress 2015
Next month Zimperium has the honor of presenting on the evolution of the mobile threat landscape at Mobile World Congress, March 2-5, in Barcelona, Spain. After a record 2014, we are excited to showcase our Mobile Threat Defense system for iOS and Android devices to event attendees! Be sure to […]
Millions impacted by infected Android Apps
Millions of Android users have been impacted recently by malware masquerading as a card game called Durak, an IQ test and a history app. The discovery was made by Avast security researcher, Flip Chytry. The malware contains fake ads that pop-up whenever an unsuspecting user unlocks their device. The ads […]
Don’t take a knife to a gunfight – the mobile security dilemma
Zimperium is growing with more customers, partners and most recently, more talent! We’re pleased to announce the appointment of John Michelsen to the role of Chief Product Officer, CPO. John will be working closely to manage our development and product roadmap to continue our commitment to excellence for our enterprise […]
No Patch to Same Origin Policy (SOP) Bypass in Old Android Devices
By: Zuk Avraham and Rachel Ackerly Is Google abandoning their customers? A recent policy change at Google to stop producing security updates for Android 4.3 or older could jeopardize roughly 930 million Android users. This translates into about 60% of all Android users, many who would never realize they were […]
Cutting through the Weekly Mobile Security Noise
Introducing Our New Blog Series: Cutting through the Weekly Mobile Security Noise The worlds of mobile and security generate news at a breakneck pace. And when you operate at the intersection of those two markets, like Zimperium, it can be overwhelming to process what’s happening on an hour-to-hour […]
Legacy Mobile Security Solutions Leave Gaps
Complete Visibility to Traffic is Key to Delivering True Mobile Security Legacy approaches to securing mobile devices only solve pieces of the mobile security problem. Enterprises need to adopt a true security solution optimized for mobile that provides complete visibility and protection against known and unknown threats. Ideally, this solution […]
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